any justifications ?
 

for having one of these bad boys ?

I'd certainly use it. Way less expensive than the big dummy, for example.

Easier to justify than an SUV.

Sun is coming out with a cargo bike very similar, but for only around $600. It uses the same bags and rack pieces that the Big Dummy uses.

Just do it.

About the same $$ as the Kona Ute, but more capacity. I think I have found what I need.........

Still its pretty expensive. Anyone ever try making something like this ?

High five :beer:

That seems like pretty good value for a long bike, actually.

If I needed that kind of cargo capacity, though, I'd probably either buy or rig up a cargo trailer. Makes it a little easier to just step away from the bike for a second when loaded.

I find these bikes with too little gears. This is the reason they come with such a low price. I would want a 34 in the back with a 32 chain ring in the front. How can you ride a 50 lb bike while carrying a heavy load on a single speed?

Most of these are single speeds: http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com...erloaded-bikes

Get over it.

Yuba Mundo is the most capable bike currently. It can carry more weight than any Xtracycle bike.

The preponderance of utility bikes today compared to 5 years ago.... what does it all mean?

It means good things. It means there are some people who see a market for carrying stuff on a bike, which means there are a noticeable and growing number of people who are doing without the SUV. For the first time in decades I am seeing noticeable numbers of people riding year round where I live and I am finally getting excited about the prospect of bike use becoming normalized. Yippee. We're finally starting to enter the corner we will eventually turn.

That is the coolest thing I have ever seen! The sole justification for keeping the Volvo, namely hauling stuff, has just gone away...

Most of those are photo shopped....

Ever been to a developing country? How about these? http://www.pbase.com/csw62/india_overloaded_bicycles

Or you could just google "overloaded bicycles" and come up with thousands of more examples of single speed haulers. Here in Korea they are everywhere.

But still, it doesn't seem like we have to be limited to only one gear just because that's how it's done in other countries. IMO the idea is to move forward to appropriate technology, not sink back into the dark ages.

Hey Roody... what's wrong with the Dark Ages? I suppose you think friction shifting is passé?

I like low costs and reliability more than fancy new technology. Especially for a beast of burden. For most people hauling groceries 3-6k from the store a single, low speed would be fine. If I was going to go touring on a cargo bike with 60k of gear for 8-9 hours of riding everyday, gears would be mandatory.

I love friction shifting! Those who rely on indexed shifting either have no skills, have an inordinate fondness for endless barrel adjustments, or both.

Yes, I have. I think your point is true i'm not disagreeing with you, I'm just sick of those picture being reposted and reposted when they're fake. At least build you argument on 'real' pictures.

If you click through to the website at the end of the video, you can see there are 18-speed and 21-speed versions. Actually I don't see any single-speed versions on the site. Pretty cool bike though. the first version was 60lbs(!), the current version is 47lbs.

Fair enough. Heavily loaded single speed bikes are ubiquitous around the globe. I Googled it and posted the first hit. It doesn't really matter if they are fake because there are similar authentic pictures everywhere.

Depends if there is a 15% hill somewhere in the middle of that :)

I hear tell them new-fangled deraillers are purty nice.
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